Initially, Steve Miller of the CBS news affiliate WBBM released a report showing documents released in the botched abortion death of Tonya Reaves that alarmingly showed Planned Parenthood delayed summoning emergency care for the dying woman for five and a half hours after the abortion failed.

Now, John Jansen of the Pro-Life Action League indicates his group today obtained documents verifying that Planned Parenthoods Loop Health Center in Chicago did not call 911 on the day 24-year old Tonya Reaves died after having an abortion at the facility.

Documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act show [PDF] that only one call to 911 was made on Friday, July 20 from the building located at 18 S. Michigan, which houses Planned Parenthood and several other tenants, Jansen said. Its unclear which tenant in the building placed that call, made at 12:46 p.m., but it was concerning an instance of child abuse, and thus could not possibly have been related to Tonya Reaves.

Did Planned Parenthood call a private ambulance company instead of calling 911? If so, why? It was a Chicago Fire Department ambulance that ultimately transported Tonya Reaves to Northwestern Memorial Hospital  five and a half hours after her abortion. If Planned Parenthood didnt call 911, who notified the Fire Department and told them to send an ambulance? Jansen asked. Does Planned Parenthoods Loop Health Center have a medical emergency policy? If so, was it followed in the case of Tonya Reaves?

Most abortion facilities in the state of Illinois are subject to inspections by the Department of Public Health. But due to a loophole in the states complicated abortion facility regulatory scheme, all Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in Illinois are unlicensed and not subject to state inspection, he continued. As a result, there is a lot we dont know about Illinois Planned Parenthood facilities.

Jansen concluded: But we do know that 24-year old Tonya Reaves had an abortion at Planned Parenthoods Loop Health Center and died 12 hours later  and Planned Parenthood needs to be held accountable for her death.

At 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Reaves received a second-trimester dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion at Planned Parenthood, located at 18 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. Following the abortion, Reaves began bleeding heavily and it continued at Planned Parenthood for five and a half hours before a Fire Department ambulance finally took her to Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 4:30 p.m., according to Miller.

Then, once the young woman arrived at the hospital, the reports make it appear emergency personnel had to start from scratch to figure out the extent of Reaves injuries.

Then at 5:30 p.m., doctors performed an ultrasound, and another dilation and evacuation procedure  basically, another abortion  this time at Northwestern, Miller reports. But after that, there were then more problems, and pain. That warranted a new ultrasound, and a perforation was discovered. At 10:12 p.m., Reaves was taken back to surgery  and an uncontrollable bleed was discovered, documents say.

Responding to the report, Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue and Pro-Life Nation, said, It is clear that Planned Parenthood botched the procedure that resulted in uncontrolled bleeding then failed to treat the hemorrhage while Reaves was at their clinic, allowing her to bleed for over five hours before finally calling for help.

There can be no doubt that this delay contributed to her death, Newman argues. The injury and the untreated hemorrhage happened at Planned Parenthood and they are solely responsible for it.

Newman, in a press statement to LifeNews, quotes Dr. James C. Anderson, M.D., a 30-year veteran emergency room doctor who said abortion clinics never informed him about their patients conditions.

I have always had to evaluate the situation, come to my own conclusions, and initiate what I thought was appropriate treatment. This definitely created some time delays that were not in the patients best interest, stated Dr. Anderson. These delays can have life-threatening implications when dealing with hemorrhage or infection.

Newman says the lack of information proved fatal for Tonya Reaves.

Planned Parenthood butchered Tonya Reaves, delayed her access to emergency care, then left the emergency room doctors to figure out what happened to her. By the time they discovered the true extent of her injuries, it was too late to save her life, said Newman. Planned Parenthood is trying to minimize their responsibility for Reaves completely avoidable death that appears to have resulted from a combination of their negligence, delay  possibly for the purpose of cover-up  and lack of communication with emergency providers. That abortion clinic is dangerous and should be closed. The abortionist should not be allowed to continue to inflict harm on women and should have his medical license revoked.

Newman concluded: We again call on President Obama to stop protecting Planned Parenthood and halt all Federal funding to the abortion giant in order to prevent other women from suffering Tonya Reaves fate.

Where is the piece of scum that knocked her up and then left her alone? That is the real problem in all of this. Had he shown her that he would take responsibility, I am sure there would have been no trip to this death mill. nAnd of course there is no one damaged that could sue their lights out.

Legal abortion is required to prevent women from having to have one of those infamous "back alley" abortions, right? And the difference between this case, that case in Philadelphia and a "back alley" abortion is ... what?

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posted on 08/03/2012 7:00:53 PM PDT
by SES1066
(Government is NOT the reason for my existence!)

You need a license to be a hairdresser in Illinois, but not to run an abortion clinic?

Sad, but true fact: Nationwide there are more requirements to legally operate your average beauty parlor than an abortion "clinic". PP has worked long and hard, greasing a great multitude of palms to achieve this state, and even more to perpetuate it...

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